Tag: narcan
OTC Narcan Arrives at Pharmacies, a Stepping Stone to Broader Access
The first week of September has seen major pharmacy chains across the United States ...
As Fentanyl Spreads in Our Prison, Guards Learn How Not to Use Narcan
At Washington Corrections Center (WCC), in Shelton, WA, opioids are an increasingly large part ...
FDA Approves First Over-the-Counter Naloxone Product
The Food and Drug Administration has approved the first over-the-counter (OTC) naloxone product, waiving ...
FDA Inches Closer to OTC Narcan—at the Expense of Generic Naloxone
Advisors to the Food and Drug Administration have voted unanimously in support of making ...
California Can’t Afford Its Free Narcan Program. Will It Embrace Generic?
A California naloxone delivery program is struggling to meet rising demand in part due ...
FDA Exempts Harm Reduction From Biggest Naloxone Access Restrictions
On September 22, the Food and Drug Administration announced that harm reduction naloxone suppliers ...
The Pfizer Naloxone Shortage Ends, Leaving Us With Just the Regular One
[Read Filter‘s August 1 story introducing Remedy Alliance’s naloxone distribution here.] In the ...
Exclusive: For the First Time, Harm Reduction Gets a Naloxone of Its Own
In late April 2021, a manufacturing disruption brought Pfizer’s naloxone production to a standstill, ...
Let’s Examine the Astroworld Syringe-Wielding Assailant Rumor
On November 5, at the Astroworld festival in Houston, at least eight people were ...
The Naloxone Arms Race Is Headed Nowhere Good
In elementary school, my best friend Celina wanted to be a doctor when she ...
